Written Answers Monday 17 October 2005

Scottish Executive

Hepatitis C

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17550 by Elish Angiolini QC on 21 July 2005, how many deaths from hepatitis C reported to the Procurator Fiscal involved people with blood product or whole blood product-derived infections.

Elish Angiolini QC: The information requested is not available. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Case Management Database only records the principal cause of death, as set out on the death certificate. It does not record the source of any infection.

Housing

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what funds have been allocated for building new homes under the Homestake scheme.

Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:

  
In 2005-06, we expect to commit up to £12 million under the Homestake shared equity scheme to build new homes. By 2007-08, we expect to commit around £30 million a year to the scheme.

Housing

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what money has been allocated to fund the Homestake open market scheme in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:

  
An initial budget of £3 million has been allocated to the Homestake open market purchase scheme in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Housing

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what registered social landlords have been confirmed as participating in the Homestake scheme.

Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:

  
The following registered social landlords are either participating, or are planning to participate, in the Homestake shared equity scheme:
Albyn Housing Society
  Almond Housing Association
  Angus Housing Association
  Arklet Housing Association
  Atrium Homes
  Cairn Housing Association
  Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association
  Clyde Valley Housing Association
  Cube Housing Association
  Cumbernauld Housing Partnership
  Dunbritton Housing Association
  Dunedin Canmore Housing Association
  Fyne Homes
  Grampian Housing Association
  Hillcrest Housing Association
  Hillhead Housing Association
  Irvine Housing Association
  Kingdom Housing Association
  Langstane Housing Association
  Link Group
  Lochaber Housing Association
  Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association
  Loreburn Housing Association
  Lothian Homes
  Melville Housing Association
  Ochilview Housing Association
  Pentland Housing Association
  Perthshire Housing Association
  West Highland Housing Association.

Housing

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what its annual target will be for newly built homes under the Homestake scheme.

Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:

  
In 2005-06, it is expected that around 400 new homes will be approved under the Homestake shared equity scheme.
By 2007-08, we plan that around 1,000 new homes per year will be approved under the scheme.

Housing

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the average (a) value and (b) cost to the purchaser of a right-to-buy local authority property was after discount in (i) 1999 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available.

Malcolm Chisholm: The following table contains the mean market value and mean selling price of right to buy dwellings purchased in 1999 and 2004.

  

Year of Sale
Mean Market Value (£)
Mean Selling Price (£)


1999
35,661
15,752


2004
49,304
22,227

Housing

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many dwellings have been built (a) by local authorities, (b) by housing associations and (c) in total in each year since 1990, broken down by number of bedrooms.

Malcolm Chisholm: The following table shows the number of new dwellings completed in each year from 1990 to 2004, built by the private sector, local authorities and housing associations. Information on the number of bedrooms is not collected centrally.

  Dwellings Completed During Period

  

Period
Total
Private Sector1
Housing Associations2,3
Public Authorities


Total
Local Authority4
New Towns
Scottish Homes


1990
20,362
16,461
1,963
1,938
1,115
666
157


1991
19,529
15,533
2,264
1,732
1,016
550
166


1992
17,620
14,389
2,221
1,010
697
276
37


1993
21,221
17,711
2,552
958
502
456
-


1994
21,203
17,753
2,789
661
548
113
-


1995
24,325
18,310
4,854
1,161
487
674
-


1996
20,950
18,092
2,566
292
292
-
-


1997
22,523
17,839
4,507
177
177
-
-


1998
20,376
18,326
1,911
139
139
-
-


1999
24,390
19,398
4,911
81
81
-
-


2000
23,022
18,033
4,894
95
95
-
-


2001
23,303
17,729
5,502
72
72
-
-


2002
23,933
18,762
5,120
51
51
-
-


2003
23,773
19,781
3,939
53
53
-
-


2004
25,100
21,617
3,483
-
-
 
 



  Source: New Build returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics), housing association data provided by Communities Scotland.

  Notes:

  1. Includes estimates for outstanding returns for Highland from 2004 Quarter 1 onwards.

  2. Figures prior to 1999 will exclude those notified to Scottish Homes after the end of the relevant quarter - figures may differ from those in Scottish Homes' publications.

  3. Excludes completions built for private use originally, but acquired by housing associations: these are included in the private sector figures.

  4. 1991 Figure for local authorities contains dwellings built by Government Departments.